Dear World By Takayo Noda

I am currently writing a poem to my sister and found this book to be very helpful. It is a collection of poems that are directed to different things found in our world. Cars, Valentines, The Ocean, Snow, are a few examples of the poems that are included. The style of the poems are unique because they are set up in question form. I enjoyed when the author asks “Snow” if it will be back tomorrow. The illustrations are also very well constructed. They appear like collage because the images lie flat on each other and do not have much volume. The font of the book is playful because the titles are not capitalize, which coordinates well with the illustrations. The format is consistent throughout the book. There are very few punctuation marks and no more then six paragraphs with four lines. I found this book very helpful for my cause, which is to write a poem. I think that having a large selection of poem books in one’s classroom is important because poems vary greatly. I think that this poem book would be an excellent transition into a poetry unit for primary grades.